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I think I might have a slight problem. ๐Ÿ˜€. Rotten tech. โ˜น๏ธ.

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Today was my event, the little half,

My Garmin stopped working yesterday,as did my back up one. I think Garmin are having syncing and gps issues. I am gutted, I got a km Pb, I think, but I canโ€™t see it and it hasn't been recorded. I know it shouldnโ€™t matter but I am so miffed โ˜น๏ธ.

That aside, what a brilliant event. So many families running together, it was a joy to see the little tots so excited and getting ready for a 2.4 mile run. If you ever get a chance to do one of the smaller events around a HM or M for families have a go, so inspirational.

I Would like to think that all the kids I saw running today will never need this forum and that makes me smile, I hope they go on to keep the running bug for the rest of their lives.

We had strong winds, rain and a lovely finish of really painful hail stones. But I throughly enjoyed it.

Happy running to you all.

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Sybilw profile image
SybilwGraduate

Congratulations! I can understand your frustration though. Great bling!!

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RealfoodieclubGraduateโ€ข in reply toSybilw

Lovely bling, I got a medal, T-shirt,water packet of veg crisps and a dried banana all for ยฃ5. Not bad ๐Ÿ˜€.

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JundalGraduateโ€ข in reply toRealfoodieclub

They gave you veg crisps? I've killed for less.

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WannabeAthleteGraduate

That sounds annoying bad luck.

You could go the simple route and use strava on your phone with gps on. It will sync to Garmin connect. It's free.

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RealfoodieclubGraduateโ€ข in reply toWannabeAthlete

I should of put my phone on, hehe I thought of it half way round. Next time I will remember ๐Ÿ˜€.

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18WindmillGraduate

Well done on an enjoyable run though! ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ

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RealfoodieclubGraduateโ€ข in reply to18Windmill

Thank you. I love events, the buzz is fantastic. ๐Ÿ˜€

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Langley-LoperGraduate

Such a groovy medal!

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RealfoodieclubGraduateโ€ข in reply toLangley-Loper

The big events do big medals, I must admit I prefer them. I never been one for bling really, but running bling is different. ๐Ÿ˜€.

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welsby1967Graduate

Massive congrats and those pesky Garmin gremlins - how annoying x

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RealfoodieclubGraduateโ€ข in reply towelsby1967

Thank you, I must admit over the weekend I have been calling Garmin a few names, I did a 10km Walk on sat with MrRfc and it wouldnโ€™t record any of it or any of steps all 24,000 of them according to his step counter โ˜น๏ธ.

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welsby1967Graduateโ€ข in reply toRealfoodieclub

Thatโ€™s really frustrating - I think Mr RFC should treat you to a new tracker ๐Ÿ‘

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RealfoodieclubGraduateโ€ข in reply towelsby1967

Iโ€™m not sure he would go for that as if I got a new one I would probably look at Garmin again ๐Ÿ˜€. They were working perfectly until Garmin did an update, So frustrating as they are one the best when they work. โ˜น๏ธ

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Buddy34Graduate

Congratulations, and keep that medal in a place for everyone to see๐Ÿ˜Š

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RealfoodieclubGraduateโ€ข in reply toBuddy34

Thank you. I hang my medals from the curtain rail in my office, so I can look up and see them frequently ๐Ÿ˜€.

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ThermoWoman

Well done ๐Ÿ‘ would have been W6 for me today but was struck down with horrible cold last week so only completed W5R2, so will restart today. Now I want a medal like that ๐Ÿ˜Š

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RealfoodieclubGraduateโ€ข in reply toThermoWoman

Take care of that cold. Running for medals is great fun, when I was going through the program I had no idea just how much I was going to love that part of running. I am a bling hound. ๐Ÿ˜€

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Millsie-JGraduate

It was tough conditions out the Rfc, but a grand atmosphere! So glad the Little Half wasnโ€™t cancelled, the Big Mile event didnโ€™t go ahead apparently!

We had a great day xxxxxx

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RealfoodieclubGraduateโ€ข in reply toMillsie-J

The atmosphere was great, so many little tots in my event, it was a joy to see them all. I was going to the festival afterwards, I thought they had just cancelled the music but they cancelled the whole thing. It must of been such a shame for all the vendors and musicians.

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Millsie-JGraduateโ€ข in reply toRealfoodieclub

The winds were sooooo strong! Even the Meet and Greet became ....just meet at the gates ......... But given the conditions the organisers did a grand job.

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RealfoodieclubGraduateโ€ข in reply toMillsie-J

I think they made the right choices, did you see the clip of the poor Big Ben runner in the wind tunnel in canary wharf, he got thrown around a bit. I do like vitality events, they are very well organised.

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Millsie-JGraduateโ€ข in reply toRealfoodieclub

I didnโ€™t see that, but at one point we were just outside the tunnel......we managed to get four sightings of our daughter through out the course...... out of the tunnel and Canary Wharf were particularly gusty...... I donโ€™t know how the runners kept going!

We did see Sir Mo too!

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RealfoodieclubGraduateโ€ข in reply toMillsie-J

Brilliant, I bet she feels epic as well now. I am so pleased for her. We got told at the beginning of our event Mo got a record so we all did the Mo Bot. ๐Ÿ˜€.

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Curlygurly2Graduate

Cor! I like that medal! Well done you! xx

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RealfoodieclubGraduateโ€ข in reply toCurlygurly2

Thank you. It is good bling ๐Ÿ˜€.

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